Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1067 Fairness
The 21st year of Shaowu came quietly.

For ordinary people, it is no different from other times except that the calendar turns over.

But for civil and military people who have taken a month's leave, this is a big deal.

Because of the cabinet.

There are only two of the original four pavilion elders left. It is impossible for one person to manage the four divisions, right?
All of a sudden, the civil servants above the fourth grade were anxious and rushed around, hoping to be selected.

However, the most popular candidate is Liu Xiangke, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The Ministry of Officials is known as the number one among the eight ministries, and its ministers are the first choice to fill the cabinet. Even Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials is also the first choice for ministers of all ministries.

Except for the customary exception, it was because Liu Xiangke was from Shaanxi, and he was also from Fuping, Xi'an, a proper township party.

At the beginning, he served as a second official in Shi Kefa's army. After the city of Yangzhou was broken, he lived in seclusion in Taihu Lake to fight against captives.

When the emperor entered Nanjing, he recruited virtuous and old ministers from the countryside. Liu Xiangke entered the court and was granted the title of Zhizhi County as a supervisor.

Over the years, it has been constantly climbing up, and now the official department, which has leapt to the top of the eight departments, has become a heavenly official.

Ability, qualifications, or the identity of the township party, the chances of being selected are very high.

All of a sudden, there was a bustling crowd, and the invitations piled up into several boxes.

Liu Xiangke naturally knew that whether to join the cabinet or not depends on Jun's kindness. Once a bad impression is left, the future will be in doubt.

He decisively closed the door to thank the guests.

He is like this, Zhao Langxing, Minister of Rites, Zhang Tongchang, Minister of Industry, Ding Shikui, Minister of Punishment, Wu Zhenyu, Minister of War, Jin Bao, Minister of Finance, Cui Bingchun, Minister of Household, Qin Huaibo, Minister of Civil Affairs, all of them are silent. Word.

In fact, the emperor didn't make them wait too long. At the end of the first month, Liu Xiangke, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was dismissed from the position of Minister, and was worshiped as a scholar of the Wenhua Palace. He entered the Wenyuan Pavilion and participated in important military affairs.

At the same time, he was also given the title of Prince's Young Master.

In fact, the Diange bachelor only has the title of the fifth rank, but the prince's young master has the title of the first rank, which guarantees his status.

Entering Wenyuan Pavilion is the core of dispatch and power.

Theoretically speaking, it is enough to only enter the Wenyuan Pavilion, but only when power and status match can people be truly convinced.

Young teachers, bachelors, and entry into Wenyuan Pavilion are indispensable.

The person who succeeded him as Shangshu was Xu Fu, the left servant of the Ministry of officials.

The reason why the other ministers have not been exchanged is that they have already fine-tuned when Yan Yingyuan entered the cabinet.

The second person to join the cabinet was beyond everyone's expectations:

Yan Qiheng, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

He was conferred the title of Great Bachelor of Wuyingdian, Prince Shaobao, and entered Wenyuan Pavilion.

The same three-piece set.

Both of them are group assistants.

As a result, the cabinet has returned to the four-member model.

Among them, Du Yinxi is the oldest at 67 years old; Yan Yingyuan is next at 55 years old.

Liu Xiangke is 54 years old, and Yan Qiheng is the youngest, with three in fifty.

Except for Liu Xiangke, who was granted the same Jinshi background, the rest were all Jinshi backgrounds.

It can be said that there are very few senior officials in the court who are not Jinshi.

The benefits of the period when the country was founded are gone.

However, it is worth noting that Du Yinxi and Yan Qiheng are from the south, while Yan Yingyuan and Liu Xiangke are from the north.

In a way, this is also a balance.

There are three fires for new officials to take office, and the long-delayed Jingcha will finally come.

"Who would have expected that both Feng Xianzong and Zhu Mou would fall?"

The rain hits the plantains, and the cold wind is biting. No matter how tightly the window sill is closed, it cannot prevent the cold wind from sneaking in. It can be said that it is impossible to prevent.

Zhu Cunqu was wearing a big cloak and was warming himself by the fire. Feeling a gust of cold wind around his neck, he shrank involuntarily and put down the letter in his hand.

He showed a trace of fatigue.

At the same time, there was a little joy in my heart.

For Zhu Mou, he was also very annoyed. If he hadn't been concerned about the status of the prince, he would have been impeached long ago.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, the sensible staff said softly: "The money and food in Sichuan and Chongqing have been sorted out."

Although there are many civil servants in the prince's east palace, in fact, most of them are civil servants in name only, and few serve.

Naturally, after serving as governor of Sichuan and Chongqing, he had to recruit staff to do things according to tradition.

Jinshi watching politics is equivalent to polishing an institution, while being a local official is close to the people, which is extremely complicated.

In this case, masters cannot be eradicated and are indispensable, even Zhu Cunqu is no exception.

Being an official in a different place, my eyes and ears are blocked, without a master, I am a living statue in the yamen, and I don't know anything.

Therefore, later generations did not eliminate it, but turned private into public and became a secretary.

Master Qian Gu is necessary to sort out the taxes and granaries of the two provinces.

Playing to the cabinet, the next time I go back to the prefectures and counties, the official documents are complicated, interpreted and drafted, and the official documents of the entertainment are complicated. The master must need the letter, and he has no time to draft gorgeous words to deal with it.

Then there is the registered master, who is responsible for registering, summarizing, and distributing various official documents entering the inner office, as well as preparing books for registration and extracting key points of documents.

Since the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing is not in charge of the criminal name, the master of the criminal name is exempted, but because he is in charge of the military affairs of the two provinces and has jurisdiction over the armies of the two provinces, the military master, this kind of staff is also necessary.

In addition, the salaries and personal expenses of the servants and close friends around him must be managed by a special person, especially the accountant.

Master Qian Gu is for the public, and the accountant is for the private.

In addition, in response to visiting guests, there will be a teacher who knows guests.

Since he had to face Kang, Weizang, and the barbarians in Sichuan and Chongqing, he also had a barbarian master.

Qiangu, Shuqi, Rongmu, Registration, Accountant, Zhike, Zhangyi, and the Seven Masters are indispensable. They are the important pillars of the entire Governor's Mansion.

This is also the key to the frontier officials being able to control the place for the court.

There are dedicated people to deal with it.

Like governors, they still have the title of disaster relief, so they have to add Master Jimin, the river engineer who manages the embankment...

It can be said that under the bureaucratic system, the master is already an important assistant to the officials, and it is very difficult for the local subordinates to deceive the chief officials and do whatever they want.

Because of the professional level of these masters, some are better than the subordinate staff.

Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty when the Master flourished, local officials took the initiative, and even joined forces with others to get the most out of it.

"How many?"

I left Beijing at the end of October last year, inspected all the way from Hebei, walked slowly, and arrived in Chengdu, Sichuan just before the Chinese New Year, which can be described as difficult.

Zhu Cunqu thought of the poem about the difficulty of the road to Shu, and felt emotional.

"Sichuan has 200 million households with nearly 800 million residents, and Chongqing has 80 households with 300 million residents."

"In the 20th year of Shaowu, the two taxes in Sichuan were only 300 million yuan, while the commercial tax (salt, iron, copper, wine) was 400 million yuan. Just the well salt alone has a million..."

The two taxes are 300 million, three to seven cents, 200 million to the court, and fifty to five cents to the commercial tax, that is [-] million.

A total of 410 million yuan was handed over to the court.

Thinking in his mind, Zhu Cunqu smiled and said, "I heard that when His Majesty was in Huguang, he used Sichuan salt to help the lake, and now Sichuan salt is sold in Huguang, and there are so many of them."

"How many people are there in Chongqing?"

Chongqing Province is centered on Chongqing Mansion, Kuizhou Mansion, and Shunqing Mansion in Sichuan Province, adding Shizhou Mansion in Hubei Province, plus Youyang Mansion changed from Youyang Xuanfu Division, the land of five mansions, for thirty years county.

"300."

"If Chongqing is not allocated, then there will be 100 million people?"

Zhu Cunqu was filled with emotion.

"Five prefectures in Chongqing, the two taxes are about 50, and the business tax is 200 million."

Master Qian Gu continued.

Chongqing has a small area and a large population, and the Three Gorges is located, so prosperity is predictable.

Zhu Cunqu made a calculation in his heart.

According to the rules, [-]% of the business tax is turned over, [-]% stays in the county, and [-]% stays in the province. It is reserved for disaster relief, embankment repair, education, and rewards.

In this way, the reserved storage in Sichuan is 80 yuan, while that in Chongqing is 40 yuan.

Not to mention, there are still some stocks in the county warehouses of the two provinces.

After all, the finances of a county, the two to three hundred officials, eat the food and salaries issued by the Ministry of Households, and only the white servants and the county patrol battalion eat from the county government.

Not to mention that half of the salary of the county patrol battalion was paid by the imperial court.

This is also the difference between the Shaowu Dynasty and the previous Ming Dynasty.

In the former Ming Dynasty, the local salaries were deducted and then turned over to the imperial court, which was a net profit. However, the Shaowu Dynasty did not need to deduct taxes, and the payment was unified, and the control was stronger.

According to estimates, the county warehouses left by the counties should have a lot of money.

"120 million yuan is enough to support a war."

Zhu Cunqu muttered.

Before leaving, his father made it clear that within three years of taking office as governor of Sichuan and Chongqing, Kang and Weizang must be resolved.

At that time, he, the governor of Sichuan and Chongqing, will become the governor of the Southwest, in charge of Sichuan, Kangxi, and Tibet.

He didn't wonder why the emperor wanted to attack Kang and Tibet, because the emperor never concealed his greed for land.

Regarding Kang and Tibet, he also asked whether they should be enfeoffed, but the emperor said: "The Yangtze River and the Yellow River flow out of this place, how can we let the vassal state control it?"

Turning his head, he asked Master Rongmu beside him: "How about the armies of the two provinces?"

"It's useless."

Master Rong Mu smiled wryly: "The patrol battalion is only for catching thieves, if you wipe out some small thieves, you won't be able to fight at all."

"The patrol battalion in Sichuan is about 3000, and Chongqing has about [-]. Since Sichuan is a border area, there are [-] Beijing battalions stationed, while Chongqing only has [-]."

"However, the garrison camp in Beijing is mostly trained in mountainous areas, and some people are not afraid of altitude sickness, so they have practiced."

Of course, they are well aware of Zhu Cunqu's move to conquer the plateau, and they have been planning for it.

"The garrison in the Beijing camp can't be counted on."

Zhu Cunqu said solemnly: "They will return to Beijing at the end of the year, and a new batch of Beijing camp will come..."

"Extract elites from patrol battalions from all over the country to adapt."

"The number of people is tentatively set at 3000!"

"Your Highness, there is too much movement in the patrol battalion. Why don't you send some full soldiers from chieftains from all over the place?"

Master Rongmu put forward his own suggestion: "The cost of barbarians is much lower than that of the patrol battalion, and there are not many people paying attention to the drill in the mountains..."

"Very good." Zhu Cunqu said with a smile, "Just recruit three thousand barbarians."

"As for the salary, let Sichuan raise 20, and Chongqing raise [-]."

Immediately, when the spring was warm and the flowers bloomed, Zhu Cunqu went to the stone pillar to offer incense to this heroine.

Qin Liangyu could not bear his incense.

After reforming the land and returning to the local people, Shizhu Tusi also became Shizhu County, but Zhu Cunqu knew that the Ma family's control over this place had not weakened at all.

Even though Ma Wannian has been granted the title of Marquis, he lives in Beijing.

But time wears everything out.

"What is the highest mountain on the stone pillar?"

Zhu Cunqu asked.

The magistrate of Shizhu on the side hurriedly said: "I report to the governor, it is Longevity Mountain, and there is a Longevity Army stronghold on it, which is the boundary where Qin ordered troops to be stationed..."

"Rename Longevity Mountain to Liangyu Mountain, set up a temple, enshrine Qin Lao as the God of Liangyu Mountain, and grant a hundred acres of land for sacrifice."

Zhu Cunqu said casually.

As a prince, he has the qualifications to do so.

"Yes!"

The magistrate naturally agreed.

On the way back, the guard of honor was walking on the main road, and suddenly someone called for injustice on the way.

"It's wrong, it's wrong!"

Zhu Cunqu smiled helplessly, the story in the play actually happened to him.

"Come here!"

Soon, a ragged man who looked like a beggar knelt on the ground, his whole body was bony, and was carried over by two soldiers. It was miserable.

"Tell me, if you have any grievances, just submit them!"

There was a bit of excitement in Zhu Cunqu's words.

The first time he encountered such a thing, he was also nervous.

"Master Qingtian, Master Qingtian!"

After shouting a few words, the man passed out.

Well, neither up nor down.

Zhu Cunqu had no choice but to go directly to Ba County, which is the provincial capital of Chongqing, to stay.

Naturally, there are capable people under his command, so he found out right away.

It turned out that the man who filed the complaint was called Xiang Cheng, and his father, Xiang Zixian, was the doctor in charge of the county medical center and was in charge of the operation of the entire medical center.

In the past, the emperor asked all counties to set up medical clinics, and then assigned the children of the Imperial Hospital to settle in. They were medical officers and doctors of the ninth rank.

The government is a doctor of the eighth rank, and the province is a doctor of the seventh rank.

Since the food they eat is imperial food, the medical clinic is required to see a doctor at a low price, not at a high price.

Naturally, Xiang Zixian didn't dare to disobey, after all, he kept his harvest in drought and flood, and the imperial court supported him, so he was not afraid of anything.

But he couldn't help it. When he saw a doctor, he diagnosed that the niece of the prefect of Chongqing was pregnant.

Yunying is not married, isn't this a slander?
The prefect I's reputation was destroyed once.

All of a sudden, the entire hospital was smashed.

In addition, people have been clamoring for a long time, saying that they are killing quack doctors.

The county directly put him in prison.

"I've heard that the county trial didn't pass. Isn't there a government trial, according to the procurator?"

Zhu Cunqu was surprised. According to the rules of the Shaowu Dynasty, after the county court trial, the government court trial will continue, and finally the procurator will pass the last pass and report to the Ministry of Punishment.

Xiang Cheng smiled wryly: "Who doesn't give face to the magistrate, the county judge or the prefecture judge?"

"As for the procurator, how does his old man know the truth, let alone my old father was beaten into a trick..."

The judiciary is independent and judges and supervises local officials, but it is nothing more than the protection of officials and officials.

According to common sense, the governor has no right to interfere in the judiciary, but who makes Zhu Cunqu special!
Different from the difficulties in the playbook, the order from top to bottom, according to the procuratorate quickly retrial, and the Xiang family was innocent.

It was almost a formality rather than a discernment of the truth.

After Zhu Cunqu was overjoyed, he frowned.

Is this fair?It's just that the big power suppresses the small power.

Once encountering a greater power, what is unjust killing?
Power is fascinating and annoying.

"Fair, how can it be fair in this world even if the emperor is here?"

(End of this chapter)